The long reach of early adversity: Parenting, stress, and neural pathways to antisocial behavior in adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early life adversities including harsh parenting, maternal depression, neighborhood deprivation, and low family economic resources are more prevalent in low-income urban environments and are potent predictors of psychopathology, including, for boys, antisocial behavior (AB). However, little research has examined how these stressful experiences alter later neural function. Moreover, identifying genetic markers of greater susceptibility to adversity is critical to understanding biopsychosocial pathways from early adversity to later psychopathology.

Methods

Within a sample of 310 low-income boys followed from age 1.5 to 20, multimethod assessments of adversities were examined at age 2 and age 12. At age 20, amygdala reactivity to emotional facial expressions was asse

SUBMITTER: Gard AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5695704 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature